Windows Server 2003 And Mac

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Windows Server 2003 And Mac

So here is my scenario. Hopefully somebody has been through this. Anywho, We currently have a windows NT machine which handles our printing for most of our workstations here in the office. It has Mac Services running with an appletalk zone setup already. Now, we have a windows 2003 server right now and it has some printers on it which are shared on the network with our windows workstations. My question is does windows 2003 support appletalk for osx machines running classic? How would i need to setup our 2003 server to share printers with our macs running classic is a better way to put it.

G4, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Feb 3, 2006 8:05 AM

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PFWMEDIA Author

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Feb 3, 2006 8:09 AM in response to PFWMEDIA

The reason i ask is because we want to do away with our old Windows NT print server.

G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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PFWMEDIA Author

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Feb 3, 2006 9:39 AM in response to PFWMEDIA

Well i got Mac print server services running on the new windows 2003 server and i can see all my printers that are shared on my 2003 server in classic mode by going to chooser. Now i am going to test the OSX side of things and if that pans out it looks like im just going to have to deal with drivers for my printers. Now, is there a way to put these ppd files in a certain location for every mac workstation to see when i start installing these printers on the machines so i don't have to bring a thumb drive with me lol when it asks for the ppd file upon install?

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PFWMEDIA Author

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Feb 13, 2006 12:27 PM in response to PFWMEDIA

Im having trouble with drivers. Can anybody tell me how to use cups. Isn't this a way where you can use the generic cups drivers to install printers?

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greg sahli

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Feb 13, 2006 3:11 PM in response to PFWMEDIA

Postscript printers, mostly easy.
Non-postscript printers, mostly a problem.

What printers?

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PFWMEDIA Author

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Feb 16, 2006 9:57 AM in response to greg sahli

The newer printers:
canon irc3100
canon ir5020-i have working on osx side, not in classic

Older printers:
hp laserjet 5m-2 of these
hp 2200
hp laserjet 5si-2 of these
hp laserjet 4100

These are installed on windows 2003 with mac print services running. I need to know what option i should use in osx when installing these network printers on these macs. When i go to printers folder, i chose windows printing then it prompts for the ppd file. I found it for the ir5020 but not the ir3100. I really need to test the hp laserjets in osx too. Ill post up when i test those. But that one canon (ir3100) is bothering me. They are roughly the same age and the drivers on the site don't seem to work.

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